Stalagmites grow up where lime laid and drips hit the cave floor.

含有石灰质的水滴落石床形成石笋。

Researchers found tools like hammer stones and piledrivers made of stalagmites.

研究人员发现了由石笋制成的锤子石和打桩机等工具。

" It has stalactites and stalagmites in many shapes and colors, even red" .

" 它有各种形状和颜色的钟乳石和石笋，甚至是红色的。"

And they were made from the stalagmites that hung from the cave ceiling.

那些工具是由悬在洞穴壁顶的石笋做的。

Stalagmites are pointed pieces of rock that stick up from the floor of a cave.

石笋是从洞穴底部伸出的尖头岩石。

Reinhardt also says lots of tools remain. And they were made from the stalagmites that hung from the cave ceiling.

莱因哈特还表示，那里还保留了大量工具。这些工具由悬挂在洞顶上的石笋做成。

But mystery still surrounds the stalagmite walls.

但石笋墙仍然笼罩着神秘感。

Zilhao said dating methods showed that ochre had been spat by Neanderthals onto stalagmites, possibly as part of a ritual.

子豪说，年代测定方法表明，赭红色颜料是尼安德特人吐在石笋上的，可能是仪式的一部分。

Dripping from a cave ceiling, this creates stalactites and stalagmites.

从洞穴天花板滴下，形成钟乳石和石笋。

At Waitomo Glowworm Caves, you can observe stalactites and stalagmites.

在怀托摩萤火虫洞，您可以观察钟乳石和石笋。

Stalagmites stand mighty on the ground.

石笋威武地立在地上。

Do we know what stalactites and stalagmites are?

我们知道什么是钟乳石和石笋吗？

The similar looking deposits growing from the floor are stalagmites.

长出的类似沉积物 是石笋。

" Stalactites and stalagmites . . . I'll never remember which is which! " Will interrupted.

“钟乳石和石笋… … 我永远记不起哪个是哪个了！”会打断。

Using traces of two other elements, uranium and thorium, they were able to date both stalagmites.

利用铀和钍这两种其他元素的痕迹，他们能够确定这两种石笋的年代。

Actually, teacher Garrett taught me a really helpful way to remember the difference between a stalactite and a stalagmite.

事实上，加勒特老师教了我一个非常有用的方法来记住钟乳石和石笋之间的区别。

They plunged even deeper, passing an underground lake where huge stalactites and stalagmites grew from the ceiling and floor.

他们已经冲到地底下更深的地方，经过一片地下湖，巨大的石钟乳从洞顶垂下，巨大的石笋则在地面生长。

If water drips onto the same spot over many years, a stalagmite gradually forms as the minerals are deposited.

如果水多年来一直滴到同一个地方，随着矿物质的沉积， 石笋就会逐渐形成。

Perhaps more data, gleaned from other stalagmites in other caves, might help unravel the mystery.

也许从其他洞穴的其他石笋中收集到的更多数据可能有助于解开这个谜团。

Crucially, analysing the minerals from which the stalagmite is made can reveal information about the water that made it.

至关重要的是，分析形成石笋的矿物质可以揭示有关形成石笋的水的信息。